Aristodemus - Aristodemus In Greek mythology, Aristodemus was a son of Aristomaches and brother of Cresphontes and Temenus. He was a great-great-grandson of Heracles and helped lead the fifth and final attack on Mycenae in the Peloponnesus. Aristodemus and his brothers complained to the Oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them (the Oracle had told Hyllas to attack through the narrow passage when the third fruit was ripe). They received the answer that by the "third fruit" the "third generation" was meant, and that the "narrow passage" was not the isthmus of Corinth, but the straits of Rhium. They accordingly built a fleet at Naupactus, but before they set sail, Aristodemus was struck by lightning (or shot by Apollo) and the fleet.
Heracleidae - who thus became ruler of the Dorians, the three branches of that race being named after these three heroes. Being desirous of reconquening his paternal inheritance, Hyllus consulted the Delphic oracle, which told him to wait for "the third fruit," and then enter Peloponnesus by "a narrow passage by sea." Accordingly, after three years, Hyllus marched across the isthmus of Corinth to attack Atreus, the successor of Eurystheus, but was slain in single combat by Echemus, king of Tegea. This second attempt was followed by a third under Cleodaeus and a fourth under Aristomachus, both of which were equally unsuccessful. At last, Temenus, Cresphontes and Aristodemus, the sons of Aristomachus, complained to the oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them. They received the answer that.
History of Sparta - Agamemnon's younger brother. Eighty years after the Trojan War, according to the traditional chronology, the Dorian migration took place. A band of Dorians united with a body of Aetolians to cross the Corinthian Gulf and invade the Peloponnese from the northwest. The Aetolians settled in Elis, and the Dorians pushed up to the headwaters of the Alpheus, where they divided into two forces, one of which under Cresphonter invaded and later subdued Messenia, while the other, led by Aristodemus or, according to another version, by his twin sons Eurysthenes and Procles, made its way down the Eurotas valley and gained Sparta, which became the Dorian capital of Laconia. In reality this Dorian immigration probably consisted of a series of inroads and settlements rather than a single great expedition, as depicted by.
Hyllus - these three heroes. Being desirous of reconquening his paternal inheritance, Hyllus consulted the Delphic oracle, which told him to wait for "the third fruit," and then enter Peloponnesus by "a narrow passage by sea." Accordingly, after three years, Hyllus marched across the isthmus of Corinth to attack Atreus, the successor of Eurystheus, but was slain in single combat by Echemus, king of Tegea. This second attempt was followed by a third under Cleodaeus and a fourth under Aristomachus, both of which were equally unsuccessful. At last, Temenus, Cresphontes and Aristodemus, the sons of Aristomachus, complained to the oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them. They received the answer that by the "third fruit" the "third generation" was meant, and that the "narrow passage" was not.
Eurysthenes - of the Heracleidae, a great-great-great-grandson of Heracles, and a son of Aristodemus. His twin was Procles, and together they received the land of Lacedaemon after Cresphontes, Temenus and Oxylus captured the Peloponnesus..
Agis - founder of the royal house of the Agiadae (Pausanias iii. 2.1). His genealogy was traced through Aristodemus, Aristomachus, Cleodaeus and Hyllus to Heracles (Herodotus 7, 204), and he belongs rather to mythology than to history. Tradition ascribed to him the capture of the maritime town of Helos, which resisted his attempt to curtail its guaranteed rights, and the institution of the class of serfs called Helots. (2) Son of Archidamus II., Eurypontid, commonly called Agis I. He succeeded his father, probably in 427 BC, and from his first invasion of Attica in 425 BC down to the close of the Peloponnesian War was the chief leader of the Spartan operations on land. After the conclusion of the peace of Nicias (421 BC) he marched against the Argives in defence of Epidaurus,.
Aristomaches - the fourth attempt to capture Mycenae and failed. He has the father of Temenus, Cresphontes and Aristodemus..
Temenus - mythology, Temenus was a son of Aristomaches and brother of Cresphontes and Aristodemus. He was a great-great-grandson of Heracles and helped lead the fifth and final attack on Mycenae in the Peloponnesus. He became King of Argos. Temenus and his brothers complained to the oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them (the oracle had told Hyllas to attack through the narrow passage when the third fruit was ripe). They received the answer that by the "third fruit" the "third generation" was meant, and that the "narrow passage" was not the isthmus of Corinth, but the straits of Rhium. They accordingly built a fleet at Naupactus, but before they set sail, Aristodemus was struck by lightning (or shot by Apollo) and the fleet destroyed, because one.
Archons of Athens - strategos 348 BC-347 BC Theophilus 347 BC-346 BC Themistocles Proxenus is a strategos 346 BC-345 BC Archias 345 BC-344 BC Ebulus 344 BC-343 BC Lyciscus Phocion is a strategos 343 BC-342 BC Pythodotus 342 BC-341 BC Sosigenes 341 BC-340 BC Nicomachus 340 BC-339 BC Theophrastus Phocion is a strategos 339 BC-338 BC Lysimachides Phocion is a strategos, and is defeated by Philip of Macedon 338 BC-337 BC Xaerondas Lysicles is a strategos 337 BC-336 BC Phrynichus 336 BC-335 BC Pythodilus 335 BC-334 BC Evaenetus 334 BC-333 BC Ctisicles 333 BC-332 BC Nicocrates 332 BC-331 BC Nicites 331 BC-330 BC Aristophanes 330 BC-329 BC Aristophon 329 BC-328 BC Ciphisophon 328 BC-327 BC Euthicritus 327 BC-326 BC Hegemon 326 BC-325 BC Chremes 325 BC-324 BC Andicles Philocles is a strategos 324 BC-323 BC.
Battle of Cumae - 474 BC between the combined navies of Syracuse and Cumae and the Etruscans. Hiero I of Syracuse allied with Aristodemus, the tyrant of Cumae, to defend against Etruscan expansion into southern Italy. In 474 they met and defeated the Etruscan fleet at Cumae in the Bay of Naples. After their defeat, the Etruscans lost most of their political influence in Italy. They lost control of the sea and their territories were taken over by the Romans, Samnites, and Gauls. The Etruscans would later join the failed Athenian expedition against Syracuse in 415 BC, which contributed even further to their decline..
Cresphontes - mythology, Cresphontes was a son of Aristomaches and brother of Temenus and Aristodemus. He was a great-great-grandson of Heracles and helped lead the fifth and final attack on Mycenae in the Peloponnesus. He became King of Messene. Cresphontes and his brothers complained to the oracle that its instructions had proved fatal to those who had followed them (the oracle had told Hyllas to attack through the narrow passage when the third fruit was ripe). They received the answer that by the "third fruit" the "third generation" was meant, and that the "narrow passage" was not the isthmus of Corinth, but the straits of Rhium. They accordingly built a fleet at Naupactus, but before they set sail, Aristodemus was struck by lightning (or shot by Apollo) and the fleet destroyed, because one.
Tisamenus - thrones of Argos, Mycenae and Sparta and was later killed in the final battle with the Heracleidae. The later were led by Aristodemus, Cresphontes, Oxylus, Temenus and sought to retake Peloponnesus as their ancestral land. Following his death the victors divided his lands among them. Cresphontes became King of Messene, Oxylus of Elis and Temenus of Argos. Aristodemus was killed during the final battle but his twin sons Eurysthenes and Procles jointly received the throne of Sparta. The historical Kings of Sparta belonged to the co-ruling houses of Agidae and Eyripontae and claimed their respective descent from the brothers..
Sparta - time but little is recorded. This want of information was attributed by most of the Greeks to "the stability of the Spartan constitution", which had lasted unchanged from the days of Lycurgus. But it is, in fact, due also to the absence of an historical literature at Sparta, to the small part played by written laws, which were, according to tradition, expressly prohibited by an ordinance of Lycurgus, and to the secrecy which always characterizes an oligarchical rule. At the head of the state stood two hereditary kings, of the Agiad and Eurypontid families, equal in authority, so that one could not act against the veto of his colleague, though the Agiad king received greater honour in virtue of the seniority of his family (Herod. vi. 5). This dual kingship, a.
Procles - of the Heracleidae, a great-great-great-grandson of Heracles, and a son of Aristodemus. His twin was Eurysthenes, and together they received the land of Lacedaemon after Cresphontes. Temenus and Oxylus captured the Peloponnesus..
Messinia - rule of Menelaus of Sparta, while the western coast is under the Neleids of Pylos, but after Menelaus’s death the Messenian frontier was pushed eastwards as far as Taygetus. A body of Dorians under Cresphontes invaded the country from Arcadia, and, taking as their capital Stenyclarus in the northern plain, extended, first their suzerainty, and then their rule over the whole district. The task apparently proved an easy one, and the Dorians blending with the previous inhabitants produced a single Messenian race with a strong national feeling. But the fertility of the soil, the warm and genial climate, the mingling of races and the absence of opposition, combined to render the Messenians no match for their hardy and warlike neighbours of Sparta. War broke out—in consequence, it was said, of the.
